SOCCER PLAYER

Sammy Nelson

1949 - Today

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Samuel Nelson (born 1 April 1949) is a former footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion. He was capped 51 times for Northern Ireland and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Sammy Nelson is the 11,669th most popular soccer player (up from 11,878th in 2024), the 7,273rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,181st in 2019) and the 664th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Sammy Nelson ranks 11,669 out of 21,273. Before him are Bobby Decordova-Reid, Lukáš Haraslín, Yuzo Kurihara, Sisinio González Martínez, Tsutomu Nishino, and Jefferson Lerma. After him are Yuji Kakiuchi, Anicet Abel, Ferran Corominas, Sergio Escudero, Walid Abbas, and Karl-Johan Johnsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Sammy Nelson ranks 809. Before him are Steve King, Tom Forsyth, Syed Kirmani, Mo Mowlam, Janet Maslin, and Tom Cole. After him are John Sentamu, Will Ryan, Elizabeth Edwards, Dolly Guleria, Ilene Graff, and Nancy Hollister.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sammy Nelson ranks 7,275 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Wallis (1964), Nigel Warburton (1962), Rachel Reeves (1979), Polly Higgins (1968), Ophelia Lovibond (1986), and Bobby Decordova-Reid (1993). After him are Adam Webster (1995), Oliver Phelps (1986), Jonathan Firth (1967), Alan Duncan (1957), Julian Baggini (1968), and Cavetown (1998).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Sammy Nelson ranks 664. Before him are Kerry Dixon (1961), Max Aarons (2000), Allan Evans (1956), Anthony Gordon (2001), Nigel Spink (1958), and Bobby Decordova-Reid (1993). After him are Adam Webster (1995), Matthew Upson (1979), Alan Curbishley (1957), Ryan Kent (1996), Kobbie Mainoo (2005), and Izzy Brown (1997).

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